Did you see episode 7 of the latest Long Lost Family series? Broadcast on Tuesday 28th August, the episode focused on Maureen, who had been trying to find her brother Keith for 40 years. Keith was adopted at birth, with Maureen running into dead end after dead end in her search.

After getting in touch with the Long Lost Family team, Maureen’s search made it’s way to Ariel and the search team, who set about tracing Keith. Little did anyone know, that this search would take them to Australia, where Keith had been living for 4 years, and now had 3 children and 8 grandchildren!

Through the search work and intermediary services of Ariel and her team, Maureen and Keith are reunited in the UK. However the story doesn’t end there, as Keith wants to know more about the birth mother who gave him up all those years ago.

This type of search work requires dedicated time pouring over birth records, for which expert help is needed. In this episode of Long Lost Family we see Charlotte Bruce-Lloyd, one of Ariel’s colleagues, explain to Keith how to pull apart search data, and piece together the circumstances which led to his being given up for adoption.

If you missed the episode you can catch up on the ITV hub by clicking on this link – www.itv.com.